The Seventh Seal (The Criterion Collection) [4K UHD]

Description

Returning exhausted from the Crusades to find medieval Sweden gripped by the Plague, a knight (Max von Sydow) suddenly comes face-to-face with the hooded figure of Death, and challenges him to a game of chess. As the fateful game progresses, and the knight and his squire encounter a gallery of outcasts from a society in despair, Ingmar Bergman mounts a profound inquiry into the nature of faith and the torment of mortality. One of the most influential films of its time, The Seventh Seal is a stunning allegory of man’s search for meaning and a work of stark visual poetry.4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrackOne 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special featuresIntroduction from 2003 by director Ingmar BergmanAudio commentary and video afterword by Bergman expert Peter CowieBergman Island (2006), a feature-length documentary on Bergman by Marie NyrerödAudio interview from 1998 with actor Max von SydowTribute to Bergman from 1989 by filmmaker Woody AllenBergman 101, a selected video filmography tracing Bergman’s career, narrated by CowieTrailerOptional English-dubbed soundtrackPLUS: An essay by critic Gary Giddins